Keep up with the latest rules and regulations with our series of articles and white papers, covering everything from funding methods to accounting standards. Our Funding and Taxation Guide is updated every year, written in conjunction with global advisory firm Deloitte.
Budget - 3 min read
This was the chancellor’s third budget in 12 months and there was the unexpected and welcome freeze on fuel duty, clarification on the company car tax regime and some encouraging news on the UK’s road and rail network.
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It’s that time of the year again. A time when lots of very clever people, including our own, start scratching their heads and working out…
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Welcome to Budget Day 2016. Unless you count birthdays, bank holidays, religious festivals, sporting events – or pretty much any other day, really – it’s…
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The new Lease Accounting Standards (IFRS16) change the way leases are accounted for from a balance sheet perspective.
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On 25th November the Chancellor delivered his 2015 Autumn Statement combining his first Comprehensive Spending Review since 2010. Initial comment from LeasePlan UK's Managing Director Matt Dyer.
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Matthew Walters, Head of LeasePlan Consultancy Services on the impact to fleets and their drivers following the Chancellor's Autumn Statement.
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With the political parties back from their trips to the seaside (or Manchester, in the Conservatives’ case), what did we learn about their transport policy…
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Following George Osborne’s second Budget of the year LeasePlan UK's Managing Director Matthew Dyer provides his initial reaction on some of the transport policies announced.
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Following last week's General Election 2015 Result we look at what the new government may do about transport.
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The current Govermment has cut or frozen fuel duty to such an extent that it's 20% lower than planned at the last election. All of this is good news for motorists, right? Well, yes – on paper..
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Last month’s paper by the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR), The Long Road to Ruin has received a fair amount of criticism, much of…
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In last week's Sunday Times there was a suggestion that our pockmarked roads could help raise awareness of climate change. Perhaps there’s a reason why Chancellor George Osborne isn’t rushing to fill them all in, after all.
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The think-tank Reform Scotland has just produced a paper arguing that the country should consider an alteration to current motoring taxes. Its first proposal is…
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1. The origins You can trawl back as far as 1909, and the introduction of the original petrol duty, if you want to discover the…
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They’ll be singing and dancing in the streets of Hawes, north Yorkshire, Kirkby-in-Furness in Cumbria, and Lynton in Devon. In Scotland, there will be joy…
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It’s never a surprise to discover that motorists believe that more of their taxes should be spent on the upkeep of the roads. The RAC…
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Would you like to drive an electric car? The Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg certainly wants you to. He’s just launched a campaign – along…
